Carpet fastener



E. D JANES CARPET FASTENER Filed June 4, 1951 Patented Apr. 19, 1932UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDMUND D. JANES, OF WATEBBURY, CONNEUTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANUFAC- TUBING- COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,A CORPORATION OF CONNECT- ICUT CARPET FASTENER Application filed. June4, 1931.

or floating movement in the plate to auto-' matically align and registerwith and engage a fixed head or stud, as I will proceed now to explainand finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is anoutside plan View; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view; Fig. 3 is an elevation;Fig. 4 is a cross section, and Fig. 5 is a partial elevation and sectionof an eyelet illustrating one form of the invention. Fig. 6 is anoutside plan view; Fig. 7 is a bottom plan View; Fig. 8 is a crosssection, and Fig. 9 is a partial elevation and section of an eyelet,illus-- trating another form of the invention.

1 have shown two variations of the invention, as indlcated above, and inboth the plate member consists of a base 1 having a central opening 2 oflarger dlameter than the body it is useful.

ot' the socket element 3, and this base has the flange 4: provided withthe prongs 5 by which the device is attached to the back of a carpet orrug or other article in or upon which The flange 4 may be beveled. infrom the rim of the base, with the prongs 5 extending at right angles toits edge, so as to conceal the prongs and afford an extended area forcontact with the carpet or rug, thus avoiding a cutting contact with thecarpet or rug.

The socket element 3 as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, l and 5 is in the natureof an eyelet,

slitted longitudinally throughout, as at 6,

and having the exposed flange 7 of larger Serial No. 542,180.

diameter than the opening 2, and the barrel 8, the end of the barrelopposite the flange being passed through the oversized central opening 2of the plate with the flange 7 on one side of the base and then upsetupon the other side of the base, as at 9, with sufficient clearance topermit the eyelet to move or shift or float laterally within the opening2 so as to compensate for any variations in the spacing of thecomplemental stud or head which forms the other member of the fastener.This stud or head is not shown but may be of the usual or any approvedform for use with a resilient socket.

The slit 6 in the eyelet renders it resilient in response to theengagement with and dis engagement from the stud or head, and hence theassembling of the socket element with the plate should preserve thisresilience as well as not interfere with the floating or shiftingcharacteristic of the parts.

The other form of resilient socket is shown in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive,and consists of an eyelet 10 having the through and through slit 11 torender it resilient and a number of slits 12 extending part way throughthe barrels leading end and forming fingers 13 that may be spread orrolled over the base of the plate. 'The eyelet in Figs. 69 has theflange 14 which rests on the outside of the base.

The'operation of the form shown in Figs. 6-9 is the same as thatdescribed with reference to the form shown in Figs. 1-5.

In the form shown in Figs. 15 there may be employed an eyelet having acomparatively short barrel, the leading end of the barrel being rolledover the inside surface of the base adjacent the opening 2, while in theform shown in Figs. 6-9 the eyelet may have a comparatively longerbarrel so as to produce the fingers 13 which may be likewise rolled overor otherwise applied'to the inside surface of the base adjacent theopening 2.

In both forms of the invention only two pieces or parts are used,namely, the pronged plate and the resilient eyelet, thus effecting aconsiderable economy in manufacture, and each of which provides anefficient floating construction adapted to register with thecomplemental stud or head member of the fasteners.

Variations in the details of construction and arrangement of parts arepermissible Within the principle of the invention and the scope of theclaims following.

hat I claim is 1. A carpet fastener, having an attaching plate providedwith a. base having an oversized opening, a resilient socket elementhaving a flange underlying the base and of greater diameter than thediameter of the said opening and a barrel of less diameter than thediameter of the opening and passed through said opening and having itsinner portion upset upon the inner side of the base surroundingthe-opening with sufficient clear ance to permit the socket element tomove or shift or float laterally within the opening to therebycompensate for any variations in the spacing of a complementalstud orhead.

2. A carpet fastener, having an attaching plate provided with a basehaving an oversized opening and attaching prongs, a resilient socketelement having a flange underlying the base and of greater diameter thanthe diameter of the said opening and a barrel of less diameter than thediameter of the opening and passedthrough said opening and having itsinner portion upset upon the inner side of the base surrounding theopening with suflicient clearance to permit the socket element to moveor shift or float laterally with-in the opening to thereby compensatefor any variations in the spacing of a complemental stud or head.

3. A carpet fastener, having an attaching plate provided with a basehaving an oversized opening, a resilient socket element consisting of aneyelet longitudinally slitted throughout and having a flange underlyingthe base and of greater diameter than the diameter of the said openingand a barrel of less diameter than the diameter of the opening andpassed through said opening and ha"- ing its inner portion upset uponthe inner side of the base surrounding the opening with suflicientclearance to permit the socket element to move or shift or floatlaterally Within the opening to thereby compensate for any variations inthe spacing of a compleinental stud-or head. I

4. A two piece fastener, having an attaching plate provided with anoversized opening, and :an eyelet arranged in said opening and having aflange and a barrel slitted longitudinally throughout, the flangelocated on one side of the plate and the barrel extending throughsaidopeningand a .portionzthereo-ffrol'lcd over upon the other side withsufficient clearance to permit the eyelet to float laterally within theoversized opening.

5. A two piece fastener, having an attaching plate provided with anoversized opening, and an eyelet arranged in said opening and having aflange and a barrel slitted longitudinally throughout, the flangelocated 011 one side of the plate and the barrel provided with fingersrolled over upon the other side with suflicient clearance to permit theeyelet to float within the oversized openin In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 1st day of June, A. D. 1931.

EDMUND D. JANES.

